Hillsboro recorder., 1887-12-22
SOUTHERN FARMING.
USING HOMEMADE CORN AND
PORK, THE FARMERS HOPE.
DSn't Bny Trees Of Peddiers- -.DoH't Over
work-stick 70 One Text-Maks Earn-
- Ing Attractive to Yonng Men.
FARMING NOT ATTRACTIVE.

tiiut uVI nOTe tlan q per cent OF tile crop
is unpicked. Not more than Is or 30 per
cent is now in the hands of farmers.
Another thing Is evident Our county
needs twice as many farm laborers as we
have. All OF our crops could be doubled,
and then there would remain vast quan-
tity Of uncultiyated land. In riding over
the eastern and upper portion Of the
county, in many sections, | find that
three-foufths of the land is In woods or
old fields. With many Of our people
farming is only the last resort. Young
men who get a fair cducation-and this
class is very small, not more than one
in twenty-rarely take to farming. Then
large number of youths, fifteen to twens
ty years old, get into little clerkships. A
few years Of such work gives them dis.
taste for the. homely work of the farm.
Poets may sing of the odor of the fresh
turned earth, painters may show that the
old farm, with all its. surroundings, is a
thing of beauty, politicians may prate
about the joys and independence of the
farmer, the political economist may prove
that the farmer is the backbone of the
nation, and with all that, farm life in our
state is not attractive. One-half of our
most intelligent farmers would to-day
sell out their farms and engage in some
other occupation, if they were sure of
good living and little more society for
their family. This feeling has been
brought, in part, by several successive
poor crop years. If these should be fol-
lowed by several good ones, the c0ndi-
ton of affairs would be somewhat
changed, and farming would become
more attractive. But even then farm
work is considered drudgery. 1t holds
out no hopes i0r great profits. The far
mer and his family are isolated great
portion Of the year. Their visiting must
be with those whose opportunities for So
cial and intellectual growth are circum-
scribed as their own. The girls grow up
TO wnmanhoOd with a most limited ac-
| quaintance. Their ideal heroes are not
brawny young men who hold the plow
and swing the scythc. For young men
there is little hope Of distinction. Where
there is one Cincinnatus called from the
plow to an honorable position, there are
a thousand political wire pullerS that get
good places. That being the opinion
generally entertained by farmers, it is not
strange that the young men flock to the
towns where opportunity offers. .-Spdr-
tanburg, S. c., Corr. Charleston News-
Courier.
| HOW TO BUY TREES.
In purchasing his groceries and dry
goods the farmer Is getting to be as keen
and as well informed as the needs of the
case demand. But in some lines Of deal
ing he is still little in the dark. This
Is notably the case in buying trees. He
still waits for the travelling agent, who
by his very presence doubles the price Of
the stock he sells; who is uniformed,
irresponsible, and who, too often. is
anything but honest, truthful and trust
worthy. From 80 to so per cent. ct the
price paid for stock so purchased. goes
into the pocket of the salesman. Some
times a single nursery will employ fifty
Of these travelling salesmen, paving them
good salaries and their expenses. both Of
which would amount to SIS to $i0O per
man, per month. Is it any wonder that
on the price lists Of such firms we lind
trees marked all the way from 80 cents to
90 each that ought to be sold in the nur-
sery row for four or five cents each!
TURKEY FOOD.
A writer in an English paper SAYS about
walnuts as food for turkeys: Il stated
last week that in former days tame tur-
keys were fed with walnutS TO give thea
the taste Of wild turkeys. In Italy iur-
keys are always fattened with walnuts.
Thirty days before turkey is to hp killed
one walnut l. stuffed down his throat.
Each day he Is given an additional wal
nut, and on Oh" twenty.ninth day he has
twenty.nine walnuis. TTe is then i'm
mensely fat. have often wondered,
adds the writer. why our turkey breeders
do not adopt this plan"
To ENJOY LIFE.
| Over.w0rk Il the most general fanIt
with farmers and their wives. What
kind Of life isit, anyhow, tobe "'iriyen
from pillar 70 post" day in and day
out. year in and year out by
taking on too much labnrl Where is the
enjoyment that makes life worth living
1 MHlN IiFeunN s1GIW lU tUlHk IIdI tNtN
were created Ia work and drudge inccs
sanity. WIS once taking dinner at 4
farmers place and ! asked the lady Of Oh,
house how many acres of land they had
she replied 'one hundred and twent,
acres " said that amount If land required
n great deal of labor. she answered ''tha
|, II what VIC arr here for" After iinishin.
, ms dinner ] went out 10 where the maj
was NJ work and spoke about the amoun
| Of land he had and remarked that Il n
, auirpd considerable labur to work q
much land hc Immediately gave me- III
same answer n his wife. word for word
So concluded that With them. the chic
= end of man. aud woman too. was to work
Labor Il simply the means by which "
obtain that which j. required in order {
live, and We live for what! Cnquestior
ably 20 enjoy the hlessedncss Of life. -
Carr. HtsisFH ploEmun.
sTtCk 10 OSE THING.
Gen. Lee. the president Of the Missis
sippi Agricultural College at stafksvill,
: vas asked why Il was 80 successful: h
y 4 ....fs.I. sstNn haVn onVsF tdsi siuhf Z